Seems to have plenty of starts over in engalnd so certainly a player with a bit of experience.
Anybody know anything about the other two players we are linked to?
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Seems to have plenty of starts over in engalnd so certainly a player with a bit of experience.
Anybody know anything about the other two players we are linked to?
Jason Hughes supposedly training with the possibility of getting a deal.
He was in Arthurs Quay todayQuote:
Originally Posted by bluewhitearmy
You know Jason is from Limerick right?Quote:
Originally Posted by leedsfan88
Donal McDermott's biggest issue at Rochdale is not being able to play the full 90 minutes. He's not the fittest chap around. Lovely player though. Bags of skill.
who's Jason with now?Quote:
Originally Posted by bluewhitearmy
Suppose it beefs up the squad a bit....other than that can't see what he bringsQuote:
Originally Posted by bluewhitearmy
Beefing up the squad is no bad thing really, still think it looks very thin in parts. Considering that a quarter of the league is going down, any kind of injury crisis could be extra catastrophic this year.
Ya we badly need to have a premier squad and not just an 11 this year. Jason has LOI experience with 3 different clubs and I dunno if people will remember but he was actually playing some great stuff when Martin very first got the job when it was him Lee J and Duggy in the middle I believe he either won or came close to winning young player of the year. We currently only have the 3 starters and Clyde if he is signed up at that position too so need some depth there. This is all if Jason even signs like.
I think Hughes would be a decent squad player, very energetic player and can press well. My main hope for the midfield would be an experienced CDM. The 3 lads there at the minute are all better going forward and I think we will need a disciplined player to "sit", especially against the top teams. POC is the closest we have and even he is better when given licence to get forward imo.
Jason nowhere near good enough for premier football first division is his level with the likes of athlone or cabinteely
Jason is a better option as a squad player than clyde o connell Val feeney Ross Mann colm Murphy Tony whitehead garbhan coughlan and Sean mcsweeney off the top of my head.
If signed he would absolutely be an improvement to the squad.
Ah stop he is above the level of Athlone and Cabo 100% showed that in his time with us in premier and his time with Sligo.Quote:
Originally Posted by thomas72
Well lads any word from pre season training? Any 6 foot centre forwards from the UK smashing in headers etc
Worrying that he's not that good and this is still true.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lim till i die
oh i know that,but wasn't he in london with his missesQuote:
Originally Posted by Jofspring
There was this one 6 2' lad who scored 43 goals in the first 20 minutes.Quote:
Originally Posted by LFC Blue
Russell immediately sent him home and has replaced him with two fancy midgets who didn't actually do anything but what they did do they did it the right way.
Ya he was living over there with her alright.Quote:
Originally Posted by leedsfan88
I went out for a look at training no-one there I didn't recognise.
You think the club would of learned from the last premier league experience with 3 been relegated as it stands now we will be one of them unless there is significantly quality injected into this team.
Squad at the minute:
Keepers: Freddy Hall, Brendan Clarke
Defenders: Shaun Kelly,Tony Whitehead,David O'Connor, Robbie Williams, Shane Tracy
Midfielders: Stephen Kenny,Lee J Lynch, Shane Duggan,Paul O'Conor,Clyde O'Connell,Ian Turner
Strikers: Dean Clarke,Chris Mulhall,Garbhan Coughlan
Back to pre season training now and so far there is no improvement at all from last year. I think the majority on here said at the end of last season that we needed a LB,CB,Winger and 2 strikers at least so far we still need all of those really don't we? I'm still not at panic stations yet but we need these fellas from the UK to come soon and be very good quality.
One positive I saw at first day of training is Robbie looks in a lot better shape than he did last season.
Things are going to improve soon as Darrah Rainsford is training with the squad. There's our quality striker!
OMG please give it over limerickQuote:
Originally Posted by LK37oldskool
Looking at that squad we desperately need two strikers especially when you consider Dean Clarke will more than likely be a winger for us. I thought John O'Flynn was re-signing but no sign of him yet either.
Keepers: sorted
Defence: We need to bring in better players than we have. Some of those are subs at best.
Midfield: We need to bring in some back-up.
Attack: We need to bring in better players than we have. Not a genuine striker amongst them at the moment.
Some of the lads that would be starting as the squad stands are not good enough to be starters. We need to bring in players, and not just squad players, but a few players that would be central team members.
I'm not optimistic that we'll do that.
Been reading this thread for a while and decided to add my tuppence worth. Even if it just to reiterate what people have been saying.
Like most people on here i'm worried by our lack of transfer activity. Turner and Clarke are decent additions but we know that they're not going to cut it if we're seriously going to achieve a decent league position.
Paudie O'Connor is a strange one. He's a player with potential to play at a decent level in England but at the moment I think he is seriously delusional if he thinks he can make the move now. He needs to challenge himself at Premier division LOI level before he can even think of moving to somewhere in England.
I think losing Aaron Greene will be massive for us. I was really impressed with him last year. Granted he fell away towards the end of the year but he has premier league quality and not keeping him shows a lack of ambition from the club.
As things stand I think we'll be in a relegation battle. The defence is a major concern as is the lack of a proven goalscorer at this level. Despite he's injuries i think John O'Flynn needs to be signed up. Even just to offer an option from the bench. I was also disappointed we didn't go for Mark O'Sullivan. He would have been an excellent target man for the year. Losing Sean Russell now means we don't have decent options from the bench.
I'm afraid Martin Russell will need to pull off some decent transfers from the UK in the next few weeks if we're going to go anywhere this season.
WHY AREN'T WE SIGNING NEW PLAYERS????
1. Is there money available???
2. Are we even pursuing players and offering attractive contracts???
3. Can Russell attract players he has never worked with before??
4. Is Limerick FC as a club just not attractive enough to potential signings??
5. Is Russell happy with what he has got??
Clarke and O Connor are the only players we have gotten in that haven't played here before. Surely the Markets Field is a good selling point for the club plus a chairman that makes sure his players are always paid etc so why isn't it happening??
I think there is something radically wrong in the club this cannot be normal
Really? Is this your first time experiencing a Limerick FC preseason?
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Originally Posted by Treaty Gooner
My point is last time we were in premier there was something wrong aswell we had no money lol.
Now we are been told by the club there is money there were are the players??
With 3 teams going down surely it's not right that the club are still miles short in every area of the pitch surely they see your bray and harps etc strengthening they know we are in trouble here.
I dunno what is wrong with me this season but after all the years of seeing this stuff cost us over and over again I am still hopeful for now.
Players in 'not falling over themselves to sign for newly promoted team' shocker. We need to cut our cloth a little, less Christy Fagan, more Danny North I'm afraid.
How much do you honestly think us being newly promoted stops people signing for us in the LOI? Very little at all I reckon.Quote:
Originally Posted by Treaty Gooner
Loads. Absolutely loads. I don't care how much you can guarantee a McMillain that his wages will be paid on time, he won't be signing for Limerick. And who needs him, we have Jason ****ing Hughes.Quote:
Originally Posted by bluewhitearmy
I highly doubt it tbh you offer em enough money and they will be playing here I'd be fairly sure. Loads of reasons that people might not come here being newly promoted is near the bottom I imagine it means nothing at all. With so much turnover a newly promoted team could get into Europe their first season up with the right money and manager.Quote:
Originally Posted by Treaty Gooner
I tend to agree. If the money really was there, it shouldn't be too hard to pitch to a player that Limerick could be challenging for Europe within a season or two. I'd say a lot of clubs try to make themselves look like a Dundalk in waiting. If there is an attractiveness problem to playing for Limerick, I don't think its to do with the club's immediate prospects.
Pats Harps and Drogs all making decent signings today, meanwhile it seems like absolutely nothing happening with us. I was told there was supposed to be some movement today but it didn't happen now I am told it may be tomorrow someone might be arriving. If they are not here soon my hope will die a quick death.
One for Gary Spain:
Have Limerick FC ever put together two back to back good progressive years?
I'm around it nearly 25 years and I'm struggling??
I suppose maybe scullys last year into Taylor's first year was solid progress but we were hacking away at that with an axe by the end of the second year.
1st division title and promotion under Allardyce followed by 6th place in the 'top half' of the split and a League Cup win would be an example.
We got relegated the following season though.